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My home airport is sloped approx. 6% and 1450ft long. My rule is if wind is less than 22 mph I always land uphill take off down hill in my 180, if it's gusty you just have to make a decision.
I have landed here many sometimes with a 15-18 mph tailwind, it works fine. Just know your own limits.

JODE

3/11/2017 10:41 AM

There's been lots written on this subject by experienced back country pilots and some good rules of thumb. To boil it down, there needs to be a helluva wind to justify a down slope landing. For me, as a rule, I land up slope. If the tail wind is more than 10-15 give or take, I'll go land some where else.

Peggy Rogers

3/10/2017 9:41 PM

Well then, 8-10kts on the tail would be a "breeze" ?? With all that room you could even do that with 20 degrees of flap all day.

What kind of approach is available? Pretty open? Over trees? Have to slide around a corner to get to final? How long is the landing area and is there a decent rollout area? How smooth is the ground under the grass? Wet? How is the go-around path? Many questions
to answer prior to making that choice.

On the 185, on a upsloping runway (moderate upslope, grass) would you prefer to land up slope with a 8-10 kt tailwind or downslope with the wind in front?
This happened to me in another plane, but was wondering about it in a taildragger.

What kind of approach is available? Pretty open? Over trees? Have to slide around a corner to get to final? How long is the landing area and is there a decent rollout area? How smooth is the ground under the grass? Wet? How is the go-around path? Many
questions to answer prior to making that choice.

On the 185, on a upsloping runway (moderate upslope, grass) would you prefer to land up slope with a 8-10 kt tailwind or downslope with the wind in front?
This happened to me in another plane, but was wondering about it in a taildragger.

On the 185, on a upsloping runway (moderate upslope, grass) would you prefer to land up slope with a 8-10 kt tailwind or downslope with the wind in front? This happened to me in another plane, but was wondering about it in a taildragger.

Rgs,

Patrick.

Peggy Rogers

3/10/2017 3:15 PM

What kind of approach is available? Pretty open? Over trees? Have to slide around a corner to get to final? How long is the landing area and is there a decent rollout area? How smooth is the ground under the grass? Wet? How is the go-around path? Many
questions to answer prior to making that choice.

On the 185, on a upsloping runway (moderate upslope, grass) would you prefer to land up slope with a 8-10 kt tailwind or downslope with the wind in front?
This happened to me in another plane, but was wondering about it in a taildragger.

Rgs,

Patrick.

Patrick Daniels

3/10/2017 2:52 PM

Hi all,

On the 185, on a upsloping runway (moderate upslope, grass) would you prefer to land up slope with a 8-10 kt tailwind or downslope with the wind in front?
This happened to me in another plane, but was wondering about it in a taildragger.